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ECOLISE joins unique coalition to urge EU leaders to step up climate action
(12 June 2018) – A Coalition for Higher Ambition comprising a unique gathering of businesses, investor groups, local and regional authorities, and civil society groups including ECOLISE, today called upon EU leaders to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon Europe and thus limit climate impacts…
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ECOLISE continues to push for climate change and sustainability criteria in Smart Villages
(22 May 2018) – ECOLISE is continuing to input to the EU discussion about Smart Villages, aiming to ensure that the definition of such villages include climate change and sustainability criteria. Executive director, Eamon O’Hara, contributed to the current edition of…
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ECOLISE launches open online knowledge and learning meeting series
(21 May 2018; updated 5 July, 12 September, 11 Nov) – The ECOLISE Knowledge & Learning Working Group is launching an open monthly online meeting series in June. The aim of the series is to seed further collaborative developments that help advance the implementation of ECOLISE’s strategy. Each meeting…
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ECOLISE 2018 General Assembly registration opens, Luxembourg, 26-28 March
(18 December 2017) – Registration for the 2018 Ecolise General Assembly which is being hosted this year by ECOLISE founder member, the Centre for Ecological Learning Luxembourg (CELL), is now open and closes on 31st January. Please register here. Ana Huertas, ECOLISE vice-president and GA organiser would like…
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ECOLISE is recruiting for the position of Policy Coordinator!
(23 Nov 2017) – ECOLISE is now at an exciting stage in its development and is currently recruiting for the post of Policy Coordinator. The Policy Coordinator will join an existing team, comprising an ECOLISE Executive Director, Communications Coordinator, Knowledge and Learning Coordinator, and two Research Advisers. Together, this…
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Reflection on COP23: Recognition for the role of local communities gains momentum
By Eamon O’Hara, Executive Director, ECOLISE. (23 Nov 2017) – COP23 has drawn to a close and while there are clearly concerns in relation to the overall pace of progress, there are also reasons for optimism, especially in relation to the role of Non State Actors, including local communities. As ever…
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Transition and citizen-led sustainability groups inspire European municipalities to action
(9 May 2017) – Across Europe municipalities are teaming up with Transition Network and other citizen-led movements to help boost their efforts in creating sustainable change. In Brussels, Belgium, an upcoming gathering of citizen-led sustainability initiatives on 13 May 2017 will consider the relationship between public authorities and the region’s…
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Information for Action on Climate Change
(8 May 2017) – A new international project has begun to produce a website compiling crucial information about practical steps that, if widely adopted, would support reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to below critical thresholds for climate change. ‘Information for Action on Climate Change’ is being spearheaded by the…
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ECOLISE launches new book: ‘Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation’
(4 May 2017) – Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation: People, Place, Practice, Power, Politics and Possibility in Transition is a cutting-edge collection of reporting, theory, commentary and analysis at the interface of research and practice towards community resilience. Its content ranges from first hand accounts of the…
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President of Ireland praises ecovillages
(3 May 2017) – The Irish President Michael D Higgins has applauded the international ecovillage movement in a speech at Ireland’s first and largest ecovillage in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary. The mission of the Global Ecovillage Network was ‘inspiring’, he said, and quoted: ‘A world of empowered people and communities designing…
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